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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria, has restrained the President, Muhammadu Buhari, CBN, its Governor Godwin Emefiele and 27 commercial banks from suspending, stopping, extending or interfering with the currency swap terminal date. The order was handed down on Monday by Justice E. Enenche following an application by four political parties. […]
Continue ReadingDecomposed bodies of two abducted wives and five children of the traditional ruler of Mutumbiyu Chiefdom in Taraba State, Justice Sani Muhammed, have been discovered. Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers stormed the monarch’s residence in Jalingo on January 19, 2023 and whisked away several hostages including the monarch’s family. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, […]
Continue ReadingAt least, thirteen political parties out of the 18 political parties in Nigeria on Monday threatened to withdraw from participating in the 2023 general elections slated for February 25 and March 11, if the Central Bank of Nigeria extends the deadline of February 10 for naira swap. The political parties have declared that they won’t […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement signed by its outgoing National President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Saturday described the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai as a “right-winged extremist” who doesn’t believe in rules. The labour union also condemned what it described as “irresponsible and dangerous” the comments of the governor regarding the […]
Continue ReadingAs the Nigerian electorate prepares to cast their votes in the February 25 presidential election, research experts from Nextier SPD have submitted that a recent face-to-face nationwide poll on Nigeria’s 2023 presidential elections shows Labour Party, LP, is leading the voters’ preference at 37 per cent of the survey respondents. The experts also said that […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has assured all Nigerians that the scarcity of cash will soon be a thing of the past. In a post shared on his Twitter handle on Friday February 3 afternoon, President Buhari assured Nigerians of significant improvements between now and February 10. See his tweet below. His post:
Continue ReadingEunice Dwumfour, republican councilwoman, and according to the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, the wife of a Nigeria-based pastor, Eze Kings, has been shot dead in front of her home in New Jersey, United States of America. New York Post gathered that Dwumfour, 30, was hit with about 12 gunshots by a yet-to-be-identified assailant while driving […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Sokoto State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Attahiru Bafarawa, has reacted to the comment by the Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai that there are no elders left in northern Nigeria. He said the comment made by El-Rufai was an affront to the North and unpleasant for El-Rufai to categorise […]
Continue ReadingA third-year female student of Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria West in South Africa has died after she was allegedly stabbed by her boyfriend. Ntokozo Mayenzi Xaba, 20, was allegedly stabbed to death by Ngcebo Thusi on February 2, 2023, in her student residence in Ekhaya Junction, Pretoria, South Africa. Ntokozo’s friends notified security at […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have commenced an investigation of Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress and cosmetologist, for allegedly tampering with the redesigned Naira notes, an offence contrary to Section 21 (5) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, 2007. A statement released by the agency […]
Continue ReadingGunmen on Thursday murdered Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. The gunmen who operated on motorcycles killed Ugboma while presiding over a court session, according to reports. The incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt end as lawyers, court staff and litigants […]
Continue ReadingA National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Francis Moses Ashiki, has died in a fatal car accident on the day of his Passing-Out-Parade (POP) from the 1-year mandatory programme. The 2022 Batch A Stream One National Youth Service Corps member popularly known as Ryder died in the motor accident that occurred on Thursday, February 2, […]
Continue ReadingAssistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Garba Baba Umar, the Head of Interpol’s National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, Nigeria, has disclosed that the United Kingdom government rejected its request to extradite former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. Speaking on the sidelines of an investigative hearing by a House of Representative Adhoc committee investigating […]
Continue ReadingCoalition of organisations making the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has endorsed Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). The decision was announced on Thursday in a communique read by John Nwodo, the immediate past president-general of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, at the end of a meeting of the forum […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Commissioner for Women Affairs in Cross River State, Nigeria, Ms. Gertrude Nnanjar Njar, in Calabar. An eyewitness, Samuel Okon, told the News Agency of Nigeria that she was forcefully taken out of her official car by masked young men on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. According to Mr. […]
Continue ReadingOsun State office of INEC on Thursday in Osogbo dismissed media reports that its Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Mutiu Agboke, said there was over-voting during the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. Head of the Department, Voter Education, Publicity and Inclusivity in the office, Mr Adewale Francis, stated that the over-voting statement credited […]
Continue ReadingThe police in Lagos state, on Wednesday arraigned a man, Edmund Uzoma, before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly contracting a second marriage under the Marriage Act while the first one is still alive (bigamy). Uzoma was arraigned before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun on three counts of bigamy and falsification of information on a […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement released on Thursday, the Police has declared one Tajudeen Olanrewaju Bakare wanted over the Surulere Lagos unrest and possession of three pump action rifles, one Beretta pistol magazine, ammunition and live cartridges. Below is the Police statement: “Following the emergence of a video earlier this week showing a man wielding a pump […]
Continue ReadingA female bank customer went half naked reportedly in a branch of Access bank while demanding to have her money returned and account closed. In a video which surfaced on social media on Wednesday, the woman can be seen in merely her underwear as she protested. Speaking Yoruba, she said, “Close my account. I don’t […]
Continue ReadingThere are some elements at the Aso villa who do not want our party and presidential candidate to win the coming election. Nasir El-Rufai, the Kaduna State Governor and member of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC), said this in an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday. “Some persons are […]
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